Pablo Mastroeni Headlines US Roster vs. Brazil

CHICAGO (August 14 2007) — U.S. Men’s National Team head coach Bob Bradley has named Rapids Team Captain Pablo Mastroeni to his full-strength roster for Sunday's exhibition game against Brazil at Soldier Field.

Landon Donovan DaMarcus Beasley and Clint Dempsey are some of the other Americans to round out the roster picked by U.S. coach Bob Bradley.

Ten of the 11 players who started in the Americans' 1-0 loss at Sweden on Aug. 22 were selected with Chivas USA defender Jonathan Bornstein the lone player dropped from the 19-man roster. Thirteen of the players were on this year's roster that won the CONCACAF Gold Cup and 14 of the 19 are based in Europe.

Kansas City forwards Eddie Johnson and Davy Arnaud were among five players added along with Salt Lake goalkeeper Chris Seitz Hansa Rostock defender Heath Pearce and Sheffield Wednesday defender Frank Simek. Johnson leads Major League Soccer with 14 goals this season; Arnaud and Seitz have never played for the national team.

Dropped along with Bornstein were Reading goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann and forwards Charlie Davies (Hammarby) Kamani Hill (Wolfsburg) and Sal Zizzo (Hannover). Also picked was 1860 Munich forward Josh Wolff who was on the initial roster to face Sweden but was dropped for personal reasons.

Wolff Beasley and defender Carlos Bocanegra are former members of MLS's Chicago Fire.

Brazil a five-time World Cup champion and the world's top-ranked team has announced a roster that includes Ronaldinho FIFA player of the year in 2004 and 2005 and Kaka a strong contender for this year's award.

Brazil the South American champion is getting ready for the start of World Cup qualifying on Oct. 16 at Colombia. It hosts Ecuador four days later ending a streak of 28 consecutive road games since October 2005 when it completed qualifying for the 2006 World Cup.

The United States is 1-11 against Brazil its only victory a 1-0 win in February 1998 during the Gold Cup in Los Angeles. Brazil won the last meeting 2-1 in overtime during the 2003 Gold Cup on goals by Diego and Kaka.

The United States ranked 17th enters on its first four-game losing streak since 1997.